Geographical position: Marshall Islands is located in Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia.
The country’s climate is tropical; hot and humid; wet season from May to November; islands border typhoon belt.
Languages: English (widely spoken as a second language, both English and Marshallese are official languages), two major Marshallese dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family, Japanese.
Majuro is the capital of Marshall Islands.
Surface: 181.3 sq km
Population: 59,071
System of government: constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 21 October 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force in May 2004
Capital: Majuro
Religion: Christian (mostly Protestant)
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